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Eggblog, the Free PHP MySQL Blogging Script

Nov/27 in Web Development Tutorials

timesonline While a little light on documentation, Eggblog looks to be a nice alternative blogging script for those of you who might not want to follow the fold and use WordPress or one of the other more popular solutions out there.

Some of the features of Eggblog are:

  • easy to use web-based administration to add, edit and delete news articles
  • easy to use web-based configuration to manage your web site settings
  • WYSIWYG easy-to-use text editor for publishing or editing news articles
  • download themes to easily change the style, layout and colors of your site

I also like the forum feature, which is simple – yet unique. You can check it out (with examples) on Eggblog’s own web site. Check Eggblog out in action here:

The installation process looks pretty easy.  You download it, edit the configuration files, and then you are done.  They also have an installation guide to help you along the way.  The server requirements are lightweight too.  You only need to have a fairly modern version of PHP, MySQL, and the PHP-GD library.  There are a number of different themes you can use too, just in case your not happy with the default one.

If you want to check out a demo of the script in action, be sure to visit this page for the login details.  Eggblog might not have all the features that a script like WordPress might have, but it is a nice alternative if you want to move away from the fold.

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Hide and Show Content in WordPress

Nov/08 in Web Development Tutorials

Here is a handy WordPress theming tip that I have been using for some time now on my web sites. Have a block of text that you would only like to have shown on the main web page index?

Here is the code you’ll want to use:

<?php if ( is_home() || is_page() ) { ?>content only shown on your index page<?php }?>

Replace content only shown on your index page with your own content and then paste that into your WordPress template file. Here are a few more resources to help you out if you want to go a little further with this.

Now where would this come in handy? Well I use it to hide my links and long Google AdSense ad from all places but the index in my sidebar. It might also be useful if you wanted to display a greeting at the top of your web site or blog and only show that greeting on the index page. Truth be told, your imagination is the only limit with this tweak.

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